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EDMUND R. ANGELL, OF DERBY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

PRIVY.

SPECIFECATION forming; part of Letters Patent No.33'7,5'-16, dated March9. 1886.

(MotleL) f5 ToaZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that l, EDMUND R. ANGELL, of Derry. in the county ofliockingham and State of New Hampshire, have invented a new and ImprovedPrivy, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved privy, whichis odorless, prevents the poisoning of the atmosphere, prevents thepollution of wells by keeping filth from the soil, is not apt to get outof order, and can be cleaned without producing any bad smells either atthe privy or during transportation.

The invention consists in parts and details and combinations of thesame, as will be fully set forth and described hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of my improved privy.Fig. 2 is asectional plan view on the line 00 0:, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is aplan view of part of the under side of the cover of the vault. Fig. iisa detail sectional view. Fig. 5 represents my improved closet inperspective, the seat being partially raised and the box partiallywithdrawn.

The seat A is provided with one or more holes, B, each having a cover,0, which fits air-tight, and below each hole a hopper, D, is securedair-tight to the under side of the seat, each of which hoppers has anexterior flange, E, a short distance above the bottom, and which flangesrest upon the top F of the vault G, and are held in place by a button,H, pivoted on the top of the vault. The top of the vault has an opening,I, below each hopper, through which openings thelower ends of thehoppers pass, and which openings can be closed by a disk, J, eachresting against the under side of the top F and secured to the swingingend of an arm, K, passed through a guide, K, on the under side of thetop Fand a short distance from the opening or .hole I. The arm K ispreferably made of a quite stiff spring-bar, which assists in holdingthe disk J against the under side of the top F. The arm K is secured toa vertical shaft, L, mounted to turn on its longitudinal axis in the topF of the vault and to slide slightly in" the direction of its length insaid top, the shaft being pressed upward by the free end of a spring. M,secured to the under side ofthe top F, and having its free end restedagainst the lower end of the shaft L. Each shaft L is provided at itstop with a collar, N, and above the same with a squared part, 0, whichfits a squared Socket, 1?, in the lower end of a rod, Q, mounted to turnand slide on its longitudinal axis in the seat A, and provided with ahandle, R, on its upper end. The rod Q, has a shoulder or notch, S, forengagen'ient with a latch, T, pivoted on the seat and pressed by aspring, U, against the rod Q.

The shaft L is provided with a notch or groove, V, for receiving alatch, WV, pivoted on the upper surface of the top F of the vault G andadapted to be passed into the notch V.

a is an outlet-pipe, which can easily be detached from the top F, andconducts the gases of fermentation, 8m, into a pit in the ground, partlyfilled with charcoal, b, stones, 860., covered with earth. The pipe hasa cock, (1, which is on that part of the pipe that remains on the top Fwhen the main part of the pipe has been disconnected to allow of theremoval of the vault, and by closing the cock nothing can escape fromthe vault.

The entire device is to be placed in the lower part of theprivy-building m, or it may be placed in a box located anywhere in thehouse. An angle-1ever,i",is pivoted transversely under the seat in thebox. When the seat is lowered, the lever r is in the position shown inFig. l, and to raise the seat the lever 9 is swung into the positionshown in Fig. 4, and raises the seat, thereby drawing the lower ends ofthe hoppers D from the top of the vault G, so that the vault clears thelower ends of the hoppers and can be withdrawn.

The operation is as follows: The disks J keep the lower ends of thehoppers closed. To use the privy, the latch T of a rod, Q, is pressedtoward the rod to release the same, whereupon the rod is forced upward ashort distance by the spring M, and the pressure on the disk J isremoved. The rod Q is then turned on its longitudinal axis, and therebythe disk J is swung from the hole 1. After use the rod Q is turned toswing the disk J back' again, and is forced down to bring the spring Min tension, and to press the disk J ICO against the under side of thecover F and form a tight joint. The latch T locks the rod Q. in place.Vhen the vault G is to be removed, the hoppers D are released, the seatA is raised, the shafts Lare locked by means of the latches WV, to keepthe disks J pressed firmly against the under side of the top 1 the pipea dis connected, and the vault taken away and emptied. -When emptied itis again placed under the hoppers and connected with them.

2. The combination, with a. priv seat, of

hoppers on the under side of same, a vault below the hoppers connectedwith the same, ShaftsIin the top of the vault, arms on said shafts, anddisks on the ends of said arms, the disks being on the under side ofthetopof the vault, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. The combination, with the privy-seat, of the vault G, the shaft L inthe top of the vault, the springarm K on the lower end of the shalt, thedisk J on the end ofthe arm K and pressed upward thereby, and thedetachable handle-rod Q, for turning the shaft L,

substantially as herein shown and described.

4. The combination, with the privy-seat A, of the vault G, having a top,F, provided with the opening I, the shaft L, the arm K on the same, thedisk J on the arm, the spring M, pressing; the shaft L upward, and therod Q, having the handle R, substantially as herein shown and described.

5. The combination, with the privy-seat A, of the vault G, having a top,F, provided with the opening I, the shaft L, the arm K on the same, thedisk J on the arm, the spring M, pressing the shaft L upward, the rod Q,having the notch S, and the latch T, substantially as herein shown anddescribed.

6. The combination, in a privy, of a removable closed vault with adetachable pipe, a, leading from the vault to earth, and a stopcock, (Z,in that part of the pipe that remains on the vault, whereby the excessof gases will be conducted to earth and the equality of pressuremaintained in the vault, substantially as set forth.

7. The combination, with the privyseat A, of the vault G, having the topF, provided with the opening; I, the shaft L, having the notch V, thelatch W on the top F, the arm K on the shaft L, the disk J on the arm,and the rod Q, substantially as herein shown and described.

EDMUND R. ANGELL.

Witnesses:

Aarmms W. NOBLE, CHARLES FEGAN.

